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Trump’s defense secretary testifies there was no order from the president to deploy National Guard on Jan 6
July 27, 2022 | Kevin Haggerty

The January 6 committee’s latest attempt at a smoking gun appeared to only further cloud the facts Tuesdays when testimony of former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was released that seemingly contradicted previous statements.

In seeking to recommend criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for allegedly “inciting an insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021 when the U.S. Capitol was breached, the select committee has sought to provide concrete evidence of intent from the president. To counter that narrative, Trump has often referred to his recommendation for use of the National Guard to ensure the safety of all that had flocked to Washington, D.C. the day the 2020 presidential election was being certified.

Tuesday evening, the Jan. 6 committee released testimony from Miller “To remove any doubt,” that this did not happen stating on social media, “Not only did Donald Trump fail to contact his Secretary of Defense on January 6th (as shown in our hearing), Trump also failed to give any order prior to January 6 to deploy the military to protect the Capitol.”

In the audio, an interviewer begins by referencing a statement from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Fox News in the weeks following Jan. 6, “In February 2021 Mark Meadows said on Fox News that, ‘Even in January, that was a given as many as 10,000 National Guard Troops were told to be on the ready by the secretary of defense.’ Is there any accuracy to that statement?”

“I’m not — not from my perspective,” Miller replied. “I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature. So I was surprised by seeing that publicly. But I don’t know the context or even where it was.”

“So, no, there was — obviously we had plans for activating more folks,” he went on, “but that was not anything more than contingency planning. There was no official message traffic or anything of that nature regarding-”

The interviewer sharply cut in to make clear the point, “So, just so we’re clear, you did not have 10,000 troops, ‘to be on the ready’ for January 6 prior to January 6?”

“A nonmilitary person probably could have some sort of weird interpretation,” Miller contended but no…That was not part of my plan or the Department of Defense’s plan.”

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Jan. 6 Committee Hiding Evidence That Absolves Trump
By Matt Margolis Jul 26, 2022 11:18 AM ET
 The key narrative of the Jan. 6 Committee is that Donald Trump wanted to incite the violence that took place that day.

To do this, they’ve hidden and manipulated evidence. As we’ve previously reported, they presented a doctored video of Trump’s speech, interwoven with violent images and audio, while not including the portion of President Trump’s speech in which he told his supporters to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard. Not once did he call for any violence or for them to break into the building.

But the committee has done even more to undermine the truth. Prior to his rally, Trump informed various military leaders that the event would draw a “large number of protestors,” and instructed his then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to ensure it was “safe” by having troops available.

This evidence, not presented (nor denied) by the Jan. 6 Committee, is found in a Pentagon Inspector General report.

“Mr. Miller and GEN Milley met with the President at the White House at 5:30 p.m.,” the report reads. “The primary topic they discussed was unrelated to the scheduled rally. GEN Milley told us that at the end of the meeting, the President told Mr. Miller that there would be a large number of protestors on January 6, 2021, and Mr. Miller should ensure sufficient National Guard or Soldiers would be there to make sure it was a safe event. Gen Milley told us that Mr. Miller responded, ‘We’ve got a plan and we’ve got it covered.'”

As John Solomon of Just The News reveals, “The Pentagon memo also yields insight into the mindset of the Democrat-led Congress, top military officials and the local police” before the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “Key players, it reveals, repeatedly raised concerns about accepting the offer of National Guard help, fearing it would create the perception of a military coup or martial law as the election results were certified.”

As we know, President Trump’s offer of troops was not accepted and adequate security measures were not in place.

It is quite clear from this that Democrat leaders bear more responsibility for the riot than Donald Trump — which is why you haven’t seen this come up in the hearings and why the committee was stacked with anti-Trump partisans. 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/07/26/jan-6-committee-hiding-evidence-that-absolves-trump-n1615808